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## Trivarnika Achar...
Food like rice should be served in the center of the plate or leaf, ghee and milk on the right, vegetables and lentils in front, and other edibles and food items on the left. || 175 ||
**The method of sitting to eat:** Holding the vessel with the hand, one should not eat until the food is offered to the deities.
Sprinkle the food with pure water after offering it to the deities, making it nectar. || 176 ||
Before taking a bite of food, hold the vessel in your hand and first offer the food to the deities with the mantra:
**Om Him Jham Van Chha Pah Hah Idam Amritanam Bhavatu Swaha. Atra Prokshanam. || 1 ||**
Recite this mantra and make the food nectar and sprinkle it with water.
**Om Him Jhon Jhon Bhoot Preta Adi Parihartham Parishechayam Swaha. Paripechanam. || 2 ||**
Recite this mantra and sprinkle water around the plate of food.
Before starting to eat, offer three oblations of ghee-mixed food to the deities on the ground on the right side, reciting the mantra: **Urvi Devebhyo Namah.**
After offering this oblation to the presiding deity of the earth, wash both hands with water and take a bite of food the size of an amla fruit. || 177-178 ||
**Om Kshvi Ivi Him Sah Aposhnam Karomi Swaha.** Drink water with the shankha mudra while reciting this mantra. || 3 ||
**Om Him Indriya Pranaya Swaha. || 1 ||**
**Om Him Kayaval Pranaya Swaha. || 2 ||**
**Om Him Manobal Pranaya Swaha. || 3 ||**
**Om Him Ucchwas Pranaya Swaha. || 4 ||**
**Om Him Ayuh Pranaya Swaha. || 5 ||**
Offer these five oblations to the five pranas and then eat. || 4 ||